Tuesday, July 18, 2006

The explosion of online video at YouTube.com

The BBC reports that 100 million videos are being viewed on YouTube daily, which would put it on pace to serve more than the 2.5 billion that were viewed last month.

Those are some astonishing statistics. Consider also that YouTube has 29 percent of the US multimedia market and 20 million monthly visitors. Its videos now represent 60 percent of all videos watched online in the country. These stats come courtesy of Hitwise.

UPDATE:

Boing Boing has an important post on the Terms and Conditions that YouTube requires of its users. For anyone considering posting video there, reviewing these conditions is crucial.